Being a trader at Optiver is very challenging and extremely rewarding - Anonymous employee Optiver Employee Review

5.0
Mar 29, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- very smart and motivated colleagues - atmosphere is more like a software startup than a company in finance - high level of autonomy within months - given a free reign to explores new ideas - very strong remuneration. Approximately 1M aud per annum within 4-5 years - very approachable management

Cons

- tiring work; being a trader requires a lot of concentration - variable income; majority of payment is dependent on company profits. Quite standard for trading companies though

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